PORTSMOUTH The owner of a historic 1860 mansion is scheduled to appear before the city Planning Board Thursday seeking an approval he needs to continue to rent eight apartments in the building.
Owner Robert Vaccaro recently described the historic building at 411 Middle St. as “a residential community with intentions around personal development, mutual support, health and planet friendly living in a beautiful and well-maintained setting.”
“I rent rooms in two of my larger apartments. I rent those rooms from between $800 to $1,000 a month,” he said during an interview earlier this month as he showed visitors around his historic building. “Where else can you live in a mansion like this and have all these amenities at that price in Portsmouth?”
Discussion on Pine Meadow Road solar proposal in Northfield to continue next month
An early site rendering created by BlueWave Solar shows three proposed solar arrays off of Pine Meadow Road in Northfield. SCREENSHOT
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NORTHFIELD After roughly four hours of discussion, the Planning Board voted to continue its public hearing on the proposed solar arrays along Pine Meadow Road until next month, and requested that the developers modify their plans for one of the three arrays.
The Planning Board will reconvene to continue the public hearing on March 18, at 4 p.m. On Thursday, 65 people attended via Zoom, including members of the Planning Board, Four Star Farm property owners and project developers from BlueWave Solar.
By Neill Caldwell neill.caldwell@thestokesnews.com
Dollar General’s proposal to build a second store in downtown Walnut Cove was rejected by the town’s Planning Board Thursday night.
WALNUT COVE The Planning and Zoning Board of the Town of Walnut Cove voted 3-1 Thursday night to deny a developer a permit to build a Dollar General store on Main Street.
The quasi-judicial hearing on the conditional use permit request dragged on for more than five hours as both sides of the issue presented multiple witnesses.
The hearing was held at Willow Oak Baptist Church to accommodate the socially distanced crowd of concerned residents.